The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.
Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.
An actor tries to be versatile, to immerse himself in a different culture.
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.
Roles make the actor.
An actor works with their soul and their thought.
As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.
As an actor, you're tied to the writing. You live and die by what's written for you. And you can elevate that to a certain extent, but really, that's your blueprint.
What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it.
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